Romney, Ryan cancel campaign events during Sandy

10/29/12 12:09 PM EDT

The Romney campaign advises:

"Out of sensitivity for the millions of Americans in the path of Hurricane Sandy, we are canceling tonight's events with Gov. Romney in Wisconsin and Congressman Ryan in Melbourne and Lakeland, Fla. We are also canceling all events currently schedule[d] for both Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan on Tuesday. Gov. Romney believes this is a time for the nation and its leaders to come together to focus on those Americans who are in harms way. We will provide additional details regarding Gov. Romney's and Congressman Ryan's schedule when they are available."

The folks at First Read noted earlier that Romney has a bigger challenge than President Obama does when it comes to dealing with the megastorm, and the campaign has clearly decided that doing nothing public — and pointing out the reason why — is better than creating a pathway for an error.